Henry cohenno



H GOHENNO.

' PBRAMBULATOR. 10.413,709.

Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

lHENRY COHENNO, NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERAMBUVLATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,709, dated October29, 1889.

- Application filed September 4, 1889. Serial No. 322,941. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CoHENNo, of the city of New York, county ofNew York, State of New York, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Perambulators, of whichthe following ,is a full, clear, and exact descript-ion, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to perambulators; and it consists in thecombinationof devices hereinafter described, and 'as more particularly recited inthe claim, whereby the carriagebody and running-gear thereof are adaptedto be folded together upon themselves, as hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a perambulator containing my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the side bars andaxle-trees. Fig. 4 is an end view of the carriage-body. Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the same, showing a modification of the joint' whichunites the body-sides; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the end of auniting link or bar.

In carrying out. my invention the carriagebody is formed of the twosides A A', mounted on thev side bars B B', and preferably with thesprings C O' interposed, as shown. The

.bottom of t-he body is composedfof a piece or pieces D, hinged to thelower edge of the sides and adapted to fold to the inner face of thesides. When two pieces are used, as shown, they are united bytie-hooksdwhen unfolded horizontally to form the bottom. The side bars carry thelat erally-proj ecting aXletrees b, and are united by cross-pieces b',which are pivoted to one of the side bars, and are detachably connectedto the opposite bar, as shown. The sides A A' are united at their ends,front and rear, by bars a, which are pivoted to the side ends, and arepivoted or hinged together endwise, as at a', about midway between thesides, as shown. These bars a. may be in the form yshown in Fig. 4,consisting of pairs of straight bars pivoted, respectively, to the sidesA A and reaching toward each other across the space between the sidesand their free ends united by a hinge-joint a', as shown, said jointhaving the locking-finger a2 on one bar adapted to engage the end of theother bar of the pair, and thus prevent the bars passing downward belowahorizontal position when extended to hold the sides apart; or the barso. may be in' the form of lazytongs, as shown in Fig. 5.

It is evident that when the carriage is in use the sides A A' may beheld in position by the bars a and the side bars B B of the running-gearheld extended apart by the crosspiece b', and thatwhen the carriage isnot in use the bottom D may be folded upward to the sides A A', and bymeans of the linked bars a the sides A A may be folded upward togetheriiatWiSe, while the side bars B B' may be permitted to come together toaccommodate the folding of the sides A A by detaching the cross-piecesh' from the bars on one side and swinging them to line with the side baron which they are pivoted. The carriage, when not in use, may thus befolded into a narrow compass vertically, in which condition it can beconveniently stored or transported.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a perambulator, the combination, with the sides of the carriage-body,of a bottom piece hinged thereto and adapted to fold to the said sides,hinged links pivoted to the ends of the body-sides, whereby the saidsides may fold to each other iiatwise, and side bars carrying theaxle-trees united by cross-pieces pivoted to one side bar and detachablyconnected to the other side bar, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

HENRY COHENNO.

Vitnesses:

ZAcHARIAs KURZMAN, ROBERT D. ELDER.

